Texas Division of Public Security (DPS) troopers arrested a person close to the border in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday for his alleged involvement in smuggling a 5-year-old lady into the U.S. from Mexico.
Texas DPS mentioned a trooper stopped a Dodge pickup truck in Del Rio after receiving info {that a} man was captured by border surveillance carrying a baby throughout the Rio Grande.
Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson for Texas DPS, advised Fox Information that the 5-year-old lady who was carried throughout the border was loaded into one other smuggler’s car and pushed to a lodge.
Troopers saved a watch on the pickup truck till they finally pulled the truck over and performed a visitors cease.
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A 5-year-old lady was seen being carried throughout the U.S.-Mexico border close to Texas, earlier than she was loaded right into a truck and pushed away by one other smuggler, in keeping with Texas DPS. (Texas DPS)
In the course of the cease, troopers realized the 5-year-old lady was from Mexico and had simply been smuggled into the U.S. The Trooper additionally matched the picture of the lady in surveillance footage to the lady within the pickup truck.
Whereas asking the lady questions in Spanish, he identified the teen’s bow, which was additionally seen within the recorded footage.
The lady’s mom, Dolores Lopez, was additionally within the truck on the time of the visitors cease.
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Roman Ibarra Rojo of Mexico was arrested for his alleged involvement in smuggling a 5-year-old throughout the border. (Texas DPS)
Texas DPS mentioned the mom is a short lived resident of North Carolina and is initially from Mexico.
Lopez advised troopers she situated a smuggling group on the web and agreed to have her daughter smuggled into the U.S. for $8,000.
A 5-year-old lady was smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico after her mom allegedly paid $8,000 to a bunch she discovered on-line. (Texas DPS)
Troopers in the end arrested the smuggler, who was recognized as Roman Ibarra Rojo from Mexico. Rojo was charged with smuggling an individual youthful than 18 years outdated.
Texas DPS mentioned Rojo confessed that he was going to be paid $1,000 to smuggle the 5-year-old lady into the U.S.
Olivarez mentioned Rojo was beforehand arrested in 2022 for smuggling.
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Lopez and her daughter have been referred to the U.S. Border Patrol with the advice of charging the mom with endangering her baby. It is going to be as much as the district lawyer to determine whether or not to prosecute the mom.
